Count the rings

Count the rings

<p>Though Sandra Beasley is not generally considered a feminist poet, many of her poems in <i>I Was the Jukebox</i> contain feminist undertones. This critical introduction takes into consideration the implications of these feminist undertones and examines Beasleys cultural critique...

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Main Author: Pearce, Kayla
Other Authors: Richard Lyons
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Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2015
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English
Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-04012015-024916/
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spelling ndltd-MSSTATE-oai-library.msstate.edu-etd-04012015-0249162016-07-15T15:48:15Z Count the rings Pearce, Kayla English <p>Though Sandra Beasley is not generally considered a feminist poet, many of her poems in <i>I Was the Jukebox</i> contain feminist undertones. This critical introduction takes into consideration the implications of these feminist undertones and examines Beasleys cultural critique of masculinity, violence, and how the two are occasionally interchangeable. Because Beasley uses mythic personae to make these cultural critiques, her poems often work to subvert literary norms and patriarchal narratives. Similar to the way Beasley interrogates masculinity, I use a feminist perspective to interrogate both masculinity as perceived from my own lived experiences as well as my heritage as a Southerner. </p> Richard Lyons Catherine Pierce Robert West MSSTATE 2015-04-27 text application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-04012015-024916/ http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-04012015-024916/ en restricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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Count the rings
description <p>Though Sandra Beasley is not generally considered a feminist poet, many of her poems in <i>I Was the Jukebox</i> contain feminist undertones. This critical introduction takes into consideration the implications of these feminist undertones and examines Beasleys cultural critique of masculinity, violence, and how the two are occasionally interchangeable. Because Beasley uses mythic personae to make these cultural critiques, her poems often work to subvert literary norms and patriarchal narratives. Similar to the way Beasley interrogates masculinity, I use a feminist perspective to interrogate both masculinity as perceived from my own lived experiences as well as my heritage as a Southerner. </p>
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